The recording medium 12 is radiated with light beam from the second light source to obtain servo signal from the reflected light. At least one of the relay lenses 8 in the relay optical system is moved perpendicularly to the optical axis according to the servo signal to follow-up moving direction of the recording medium. The light beam from the second laser light source merges with an optical system from the first laser light source to the recording medium 12 between at least one of the relay lenses 8 and the spatial light modulator 3.
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1. An optical information recording-reproduction apparatus comprising: a first laser light source; a spatial light modulator for generating reference light and information light from light beam emitted from the first laser light source; a relay lens for leading the reference light and the information light to a recording medium for recording information using holography; a first light receiving device which receives reflected light obtained by radiating the recording medium only with the reference light and reproduces the information; a second laser light source; a second light receiving device which receives reflected light obtained by radiating the recording medium with light beam from the second light source and provides servo signal; and driving means which moves at least one of the relay lenses perpendicularly to an optical axis according to the servo signal; wherein the light beam from the second laser light source merges with an optical system from the first laser light source to the recording medium between the relay lens moving perpendicularly to the optical axis and the spatial light modulator.
2. The optical information recording-reproduction apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the laser light source is a semiconductor laser.
3. The optical information recording-reproduction apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the driving means comprises a two-axis actuator which moves at least one of the relay lenses to two directions perpendicular to the optical axis and orthogonal to each other according to the servo signal.
4. The optical information recording-reproduction apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the relay lens is composed of two lenses, one of the relay lenses is moved perpendicularly to the optical axis according to the servo signal to follow-up the rotational movement direction of the recording medium, and the other of the relay lenses is moved perpendicularly to the optical axis and orthogonally to the direction to which the former relay lenses moves to follow-up radial runout of the tracks.
5. The optical information recording-reproduction apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the relay lenses arranged between the merging position and the recording medium is a collimator lens.
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